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How to Remove the New AI Box on Google Desktop
person Patrick Bushe · calendar_today April 10, 2026
The massive AI box dominating Google Desktop layout is fundamentally unavoidable for millions of users. The definitive local fix is to apply a CSS masking script via an extension. Adding Remove Google AI Overview to Chrome immediately targets the specific Google CSS classes responsible for rendering that new AI box. Upon installation, the box is permanently collapsed—no settings to tweak, no code to write. Just a return to simple, clean search results.